Speedwagon
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2005
- Messages
- 389
So, I just got a boat the other day, and it's my first boat. It's an '88 Sunchaser 16' with a Mercruiser 3.0L. Boat had been sitting for a bit(not too long), because the head gasket is blown on it. Still runs, but I need to fix it. Had it in the water to test it out.<br /><br />When I went to load it back up, I had some problems. We could not get the stupid thing to wench up onto the trailer hardly at all. The boat did NOT want to move. It was already partly up with a power load, and even with wenching/powering it the boat would not go all the way up the trailer. Ended up pulling it out of the water, and pushing it while wenching to get the last 18 inches on. There was an experienced boater with me at the time, guiding me in what I was doing to get the boat up.<br /><br />It has bunks, and keel rollers. So why was this so difficult? What to I need to do/check to make it easier in the future?